Category: City & County Government

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state’s largest health insurance provider, is giving $159,000 to five counties to cut debt in their school lunch programs. School districts in Alamance, Guilford, Forsyth, Rockingham, and Davidson counties will get the money. “Blue Cross NC’s mission…

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai visited Graham High School to recognize North Carolina’s recent technological achievement. The Tar Heel State is the first and only state with broadband access in every single classroom. “As we enter a digital economy we want our students to be…

Democrats and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials are claiming a bill allowing municipalities to create charter schools would only lead to financial complications and legal conundrums. But the sponsor of the bill says a few adjustments in the language would address those concerns. On Monday, May 21, Sen.

ROBBINSVILLE — A two-wheeled cavalry roars into Graham County every year. The motorcyclists come to vanquish the world-famous Tail of the Dragon mountain pass, and drop some money along the way. Locals say the secluded mountain county booms as a motorcycle mecca from spring to fall,…

North Carolina is the first state to connect all K-12 classrooms to high-speed broadband. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will host a celebration of this achievement Tuesday, May 22, at Graham High School.

House and Senate Republicans from southeastern North Carolina want Gov. Roy Cooper to close the Chemours chemical manufacturing plant by June if operators don’t stop polluting public waterways with the GenX chemical compound. That action would be possible under companion bills filed in both chambers Thursday,…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect statements provided by LifeBrite Community Hospital after the article was published. The state’s largest health insurance company is removing a community hospital in Stokes County from its network after an alleged scheme to score millions in insurance revenue. The…

North Carolina ranks 44th in the nation in access to health care. When you consider we have great access in some parts of the state — those close to metropolitan areas and teaching hospitals in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the Triad, and Triangle — the overall ranking…